Figure wheeled toy



A. J. LYNCH. HGURE WHEELED TOY. APPLICATION FILED FEB.14,192|.

Patented Oct. 31, 19227.

NESS:

ATTORN EY Patented @ct. 31, 192.2.

teaser ALFRED J. LYNCH, TRENTON; NEW iTERSEY.

FlIGU RE WHEELED TOY.

Application filed February 14, 1921. serial 110.444,?43.

1 o all whom it may come m:

Be it known that I, ALFRED J. LYNCH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey,have invented new and useful Improvements .in Figure Wheeled T oys, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to amusement devices, particularly to toys, andhas for its object the provision of a toy adapted to be either pushed orpulled by a child and including a figure so constructed and mounted thatwhen the device is pushed or pulled along the figure will move tosimulate the 'manner simulating the movement of the leg movement of acyclericler. the device being intended to be interesting andentertaining for the young.

An important and most specific object is the provision of a toy of thischaracter including a handle carrying wheels adapted to be trundledalong the ground, the handle oted leg sections or limbs which arepivotally connected with the wheels and which during their movementserve to operate arms pivoted upon the body.

An additional objectis the provision of a toy of this character whichwill be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly eflicient andentertaining in use, durable in serviceand a general improvement in theart.

rVith the above and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionconsists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fullydescribed, and claimed and illustrated in the. accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure l. is a side elevation of one form of my device.

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of a modified form, and

Figure 4.- is a front elevation thereof.

Referring more particularly to the drawings and especially to the formshown in Figures 1 and 2, I have shown my dev1ce as comprising anelongated handle 10. which extends between a pair of disks or wheels 11which are journaled thereon and which are provided on their outer sideswith eccentric pin members 12. Secured upon the handle 10 near thewheels 11.. as by a means of a screw 13 or the like is a figureincluding a body portion 1a. having a head 15 and arms 16. This figureis designel to simulate any desired object though in the presentinstance it is shown as representing a clown.

Pivotally connected with the body portion 14 as shown at 17 are upperleg mem bers 18 which are pivotally connected as shown at 19 with lowerleg members 20 which are in turn pivotally connected with the eccentricpin. members 12.

In the operation of the form of the device it will be seen that when thewheels .11 are trundled along either forwardly or backwardly, therotation thereof will cause the pin members 12 to move the limbs or legsconstituted by the sections 18 and 20 in a of a bicycle rider.

In the form of the device shown in Figures 3 and a the structure is thesame except that instead of having rigid arms as in the previouslydescribed form, I provide arms 21 which are pivoted upon the body asindicated at 22. These arms 21 are pivotally connetced with the upperleg members by means of links 23 as clearly illustrated so that as thelegs are moved during the rotation of the disks or wheels 11 the arms 21will be correspondingly moved up and down upon their pivots 22 so as toproduce a still. more life-like simulation of a cycle rider. In actualpractice it is of course understood that the figure may have itsdifferent portions colored in any different manner so as to present anattractive appearance and it is ikewise preferable that the disks orwheels 11 be divided into segments or sectors which are likewise varicolored so as to produce a more artistic appearing device.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will beapiiiarent that I have thus provided a very simply constructed and.easily operated toy which will be highly amusing and entertaining to theyoung, especially inasmuch as the move ments of the figure are extremelylifelike and attractive.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of theinvention, it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right tomake such changes in the form. construction and arrangement of parts aswill not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of thesubjoined claim.

Having described the invention what is claimed is:

l A figure wheeled toy comprising an eloning lower members pivotallyconnected with 10 the upper members and pivotally connected .with theadjacent disks eccentrically of the latter, and links pivotally,connected with the lower portions of the upper leg sections andpivotally connected with the extremities 15 of the arms. v

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature,

ALFRED J LYNCH.

